Improvement in cans for oil



1.6. EVENDEN.

Cans for Oils, c.

No.153,816. PatentedAurgAJsM.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN c. EvENnEN, OE OHIOAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANS FQR OIL, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 153,816, dated August 4, 1874;' application led February 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. EVENDEN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a newand useful Imdrawings.

The protecting-case of a cylindrical ship*- ping-can for liquids is usually composed of a wooden drum having a wooden bottom let into it. Within this case the can is inserted, and secured in place by being connected in any suitable manner to the upper end of the drum. Inasmuch as the drums shrink considerably after having been applied, they are shortened to such an extent as to either split the drum or break the fastenings and loosen the can. My invention has for its object to avoid this difficulty, by providing` means for fastening which shall not be injured by the shrinkage ofthe casing, as I will now proceed to describe.

In the accompanying drawings, A is a cylindrical sheet -metal liquidcan, and B is the wooden drum, having a wooden bottom let into it, as shown, and either provided with hoopsror left plain, as preferred. D is a strip of tin or other sheet metal secured to the exterior of the can, so as to extend below the bottom. This strip passes between the wooden drum and its bottom, and is either turned up upon the outside of the casing or hoop, as shown, or is cut Of iiusli with the wooden bottom. The can is secured to the drum by nails or rivets E driven through the drum and strip into the edge of the wooden bottom..

By this connection the upper end of the drum is left free to move by shrinkage, without in the least afectin g thefastenings. One strip is preferably employed for small cans, but two or more should be used upon cans of larger capacity.

Instead of employing the strips D, the body of the can may be extended to form a rim or continuous flange between the Wooden bottom and drum. Either the strips or continuous rim may be used, but it is preferable to employ the latter upon large cans on account of its greater strength.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl An incased liquid-can, the wooden drum of which is fastened to the sheet-metal can at the bottom, so that the top of former yshall be free to move by shrinkage without disturbing or injuring the fastenings, substantially as described.

JOHN G. EVENDEN.

Witnesses E. A. ELLWORTH, J No. D. PATTEN. 

